Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)/Diplomatic Precedence of Ministers Resident

by The plenipotentiaries of the high powers who signed the treaty

In order to avoid inconvenient discussions which might arise upon a point of Diplomatic Etiquette, which appears not to have been anticipated in the Annex to the Treaty of Vienna,^[3] whereby questions of Precedence were regulated, it is agreed between the Five Courts that Ministers Resident accredited to them shall form, with respect to their Precedence, an intermediate class between Ministers of the Second Class and Charges d' Affaires.

METTERNICH.

RICHELIEU.

CASTLEREAGH.

HARDENBERG.

Notes

1. Hertslet, (No. 89) p. 575.
2. For French version, see "State Papers," vol. v., p. 1090. (Hertslet, p. 575)
3. REGULATION of the Eight Powers, concerning the Rank and Precedence of Diplomatic Agents.—Signed at Vienna, 19th March, 1815. (Hertslet (No. 8) pp. 62,575)

References

• British State Papers, Volume V., p. 1085.
• Hertslet, Edward. The map of Europe by treaty; showing the various political and territorial changes which have taken place since the general peace of 1814, London, Butterworths, 1875.